兩老

Chinese

		both; two; ounce both; two; ounce; some; a few; tael	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (兩老)		兩	老
simp. (两老)		两	老

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǎnglǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ lou⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lióng-ló

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: liǎnglǎo [Phonetic: liánglǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leanglao
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁵ lou⁵
  - Yale: léuhng lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ lou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /lœ̽ːŋ¹³ lou̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lióng-ló
  - Hakka Romanization System: liong` lo`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liong³ lo³
  - IPA: /li̯oŋ³¹ lo³¹/

Noun

兩老

two seniors (from an older generation)
parents; mother and father; mum and dad
(Hakka) husband and wife; married couple

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 父母 (“father and mother; parents”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		父母, 爺娘, 怙恃, 雙親
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		父母, 雙親
Mandarin	Beijing	爹媽
	Taiwan	爸媽
	Jinan	老的兒, 爹媽
	Muping	老兒的
	Xi'an	媽爸
	Yinchuan	娘老子
	Lanzhou	娘老子, 老漢們
	Ürümqi	娘老子
	Wuhan	娘老子, 兩老
	Chengdu	娘老子, 媽老漢兒
	Liuzhou	娘老子
	Yangzhou	娘老子
	Nanjing	娘老子
	Nantong	爺娘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老豆老母
	Hong Kong	老豆老母, 爹哋媽咪
	Yangjiang	老子阿奶
Gan	Nanchang	爺娘
Gan	Pingxiang	娘爺
Hakka	Meixian	爺哀
	Xingning	爺哀
	Huidong (Daling)	阿爸阿姆
	Qujiang	爺哀
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	阿爸阿姆
	Changting	爹哀, 爺哀
	Pingyu	爺哀
	Wuping	爺哀
	Ruijin	哀爹, 爺娘, 爺哀
	Shicheng	爹哀
	Shangyou	爺姐
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Dongshi (Dabu)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	爺哀, 爺母, 兩老
Huizhou	Jixi	娘老子, 老子娘, 老子爺娘
Jin	Taiyuan	爹娘
Jin	Xinzhou	老子娘
Min Bei	Jian'ou	爹奶
Min Dong	Fuzhou	爸奶
Min Dong	Matsu	爸奶
Min Nan	Xiamen	爸母, 老爸母
	Quanzhou	爸母, 老爸母
	Zhangzhou	爸母, 老爸母
	Taipei	爸母
	Kaohsiung	爸母
	Tainan	爸母
	Taichung	爸母
	Hsinchu	爸母
	Lukang	爸母
	Sanxia	爸母
	Yilan	爸母
	Kinmen	爸母
	Magong	爸母
	Penang	爸母
	Philippines (Manila)	爸母
	Chaozhou	爸嬡
Wu	Shanghai	爺娘
	Suzhou	爺娘
	Hangzhou	娘老子
	Wenzhou	奶阿伯, 阿伯奶
	Danyang	娘啊老子, 爺娘 rare
	Ningbo	爹娘
Xiang	Changsha	爺娘
Xiang	Shuangfeng	爺娘

Dialectal synonyms of 夫妻 (“husband and wife”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		夫妻, 夫婦, 伉儷
Mandarin	Beijing	兩口子, 公母倆
	Taiwan	夫妻, 兩夫妻
	Jinan	兩口子
	Xi'an	兩口子
	Wuhan	夫妻, 夫妻伙裡
	Chengdu	兩夫妻, 兩口子
	Yangzhou	夫妻
	Hefei	夫妻
Cantonese	Guangzhou	兩公婆, 公婆
	Hong Kong	兩公婆
	Taishan	兩公婆
	Yangjiang	兩公婆, 公婆
Gan	Nanchang	兩媽老子, 兩公婆
Hakka	Meixian	兩公婆, 公婆
	Xingning	兩公婆
	Huidong (Daling)	兩公婆
	Qujiang	兩公婆
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	兩公婆
	Changting	兩公婆
	Pingyu	兩公婆
	Wuping	兩公婆
	Liancheng	兩公婆
	Ruijin	兩公婆, 兩老子
	Shicheng	兩公婆
	Shangyou	兩公婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
	Dongshi (Dabu)	兩公姐, 公婆, 兩老
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	兩公姐, 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	兩公姐, 公姐, 兩老
Jin	Taiyuan	夫妻, 兩口子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	兩老, 兩老媽
Min Dong	Fuzhou	老公媽
Min Dong	Matsu	老公媽
Min Nan	Xiamen	翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
	Quanzhou	翁某, 翁仔某
	Jinjiang	翁某仔
	Zhangzhou	翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
	Taipei	翁仔某
	Kaohsiung	翁仔某
	Tainan	翁仔某
	Taichung	翁仔某
	Hsinchu	翁仔某
	Lukang	翁某
	Sanxia	翁仔某
	Yilan	翁仔某
	Kinmen	翁仔某
	Magong	翁仔某
	Penang	翁某
	Philippines (Manila)	翁某仔
	Chaozhou	翁姐, 兩公婆
Wu	Shanghai	夫妻
	Suzhou	夫妻, 兩夫妻
	Wenzhou	兩夫妻, 兩老
Xiang	Changsha	兩公婆, 兩夫婦
Xiang	Shuangfeng	兩公婆, 兩夫婦

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